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Started by Promiscuous Robot January 12, 2001 06:54 PM

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Promiscuous Robot

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January 12, 2001 06:54 PM

What exactly is the difference, and when should I use which one? I know that both do a type-cast, but what''s the difference between dynamic and static?

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Shannon Barber

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January 12, 2001 07:12 PM

dynamic is for casting between derived and base classes
static is for base types

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